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Cheerfully retracted: you can in the majority of cases. I was thinking of a situation where the builder owns the land at the time of construction and builds a spec home that you then purchase. In that case you can't claim it. I do think my other point stands, though. Even if you have all the...

Yes, and this is where Rob G's suggestion doesn't work a lot of the time. If you pay the builder a total installed cost then it will likely include a margin that is not depreciable. If you have a complete breakdown (which is rare) then it's do-able, but as westminster said you'll just be adding...